03x03 - Patricia Birmingham and Marta Chmielecka

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NARRATOR: This time
on "K*llers Caught on Camera."

In Texas, a marriage
in turmoil--

- Hey, Rici, where'd
you get that bag

that I gave you for Christmas?

NARRATOR: --ends
in a lethal altercation.

KELLY MARSHALL:
Her drunk husband--

PATRICIA BIRMINGHAM: You're
embarrassing yourself.

KELLY MARSHALL: --is chasing
her in broad daylight,

half naked.

- I'm mad enough
to just pull it.

TIMOTHY HAYES: Spouses
argue as to who's

going to take out the trash.

COREY BIRMINGHAM: You're
going to meet Jesus.

- Not whether or not
somebody's going

to k*ll somebody that day.

- I didn't believe he was
capable of k*lling her.

NARRATOR: And in the UK,
a woman goes missing.

- Marta not turning up
for work set off alarm bells.

- Clearly, there's
a significant danger

that she's been harmed.

NARRATOR: And her
husband is discovered

with severe injuries.

OFFICER: He's got
a knife in his neck.

MAN 1: It just
sounds like something

bad is happening to her.

WOMAN: We know what
happened because the video

tells us what happened.

MAN 2: I heard some g*nshots.

- Drop it!

Whatever it is, drop it!

- That does not prove
that I k*lled my wife.

DETECTIVE: The camera
doesn't lie.

NARRATOR: In Harris
County, Texas,

close to the city of Houston,
the suburb of Spring.

- Spring is in the north
end of Harris County.

It's a relatively
populated area.

A lot of subdivisions,
neighborhoods,

things like that.

- It's a well-off community.

It's an idealistic place
to live and grow up.

NARRATOR: This pleasant Houston
suburb was home to 48-year-old

Patricia Birmingham,
her husband Corey,

and their 16-year-old
daughter Olivia.

In 2021, Patricia was working
as a high-flying real

estate agent.

- Hello, everyone.

I just wanted
to come on real quick

and tell you guys about a new
listing that I have coming up.

NARRATOR: Former work colleague
Shely Hernandez remembers

first meeting Patricia.

- We showed up at one
of her projects,

and we just kicked
it off, you know.

She was just very outgoing,
joking about everything.

The first impression
that she gave me

is that she was just very
outgoing and a very fun person.

NARRATOR: Patricia's
life in Houston

was a far cry from her tough
childhood in Orlando, Florida.

MARY DEES: My first true
memory was when I was six

and she was three.

My mom and dad were
going through a divorce,

and at that time,
it was the three

of us, my mom,
my sister, and I,

that kind of took
care of each other.

NARRATOR: Patricia had
shown a determination

to succeed from an early age.

- Anything that she wanted,
she knew it took work.

If you asked her to go
sell 100 boxes of cookies,

she would do 200 boxes.

- What are you looking at?

- Stop videoing.

- Even though I used
to work for her,

it didn't even feel like she
was my boss at sometimes,

you know, 'cause we would call
each other or text or, you

know, just joke about things.

She was a very humble person.

She was a very down-to-Earth
person more than anything.

[LINE RINGING]

NARRATOR: But in December


received a call from
a concerned neighbor

in a state of distress.

[SIREN WAILS]

NARRATOR: Law enforcement
and emergency medical services

arrived on scene.

OFFICER: So far, one of my--

TIMOTHY HAYES: The scene
was a two-story residence,

a long driveway,
a couple cars parked,

and the victim was
lying on her back

in the driveway with
a tarp next to her feet.

OFFICER: Charles,
go have EMS roll up.

- She had sustained an apparent
g*nsh*t wound to the head.

NARRATOR: Standing
next to her was

a man wearing only a bathrobe.

[RADIO CHATTER]

NARRATOR: The man was
heavily intoxicated.

- And I'll sit down and tell
you the whole story.

NARRATOR: He identified
himself as Carey Birmingham.

Carrie and Patricia
met in 2003 after she'd

moved to Texas for work.

Carrie was nine years
older than Patricia.

- He seemed to be a good man.

He was a young gentleman,
professional appearance.

He spoke highly of himself.

You know, he was
his best friend.

He made sure that I was
aware of these fine things

that he had and his
career in insurance,

and I was happy for my sister.

But at the same time,
that doesn't impress me.

But I never had a reason
to doubt her choice.

NARRATOR: The couple soon tied
the knot in a lavish ceremony

aboard a cruise ship,
a second marriage for Carey.

- He wasn't planning
on having any more children.

However, my sister
was determined

to have children of her own.

NARRATOR: In 2005, Patricia
gave birth to her

daughter, Olivia.

MARY DEES: Olivia was
everything that she wanted.

The day she was born,
that was the happiest

I've ever seen her.

NARRATOR: But life
in the Birmingham home

had begun to deteriorate.

Overwhelmed
by financial problems,

both Patricia
and Carey were drinking

and had frequent arguments.

- Whether it was
a gathering with friends,

whether it was dinner, whether
it was them coming to Orlando

or visiting, drinking
was always involved.

- Alcohol literally
makes your brain

function less effectively.

It makes you particularly bad
at regulating your emotions,

at filtering the things that
you're doing and saying.

And so that inhibition
of what's called

your prefrontal cortex,
the front of your brain,

means that you're going
to say things in a way

that you wouldn't
say otherwise,

and you're going to interpret
situations as more hostile.

[RADIO CHATTER]

NARRATOR: The victim
was quickly

identified as Carey
Birmingham's wife, Patricia.

NARRATOR: At the scene,
investigators located

three shotgun cartridges.

Two had been used to take out
the tires of a white Tesla

parked on the driveway.

The other hit Patricia
in the right eye,

k*lling her instantly.

[radio chatter]

- So you're primary?

TIMOTHY HAYES:
When I turned up,

I spoke with Mr. Birmingham.

- He appeared to be
slightly intoxicated.

- My impression was
that he was pretty

relaxed about
the entire situation

given what we were
dealing with and

being only several feet away
from his wife's lifeless body.

[RADIO CHATTER]

OFFICER: OK.

- It gives me
the impression that there's

no remorse, at least initially,
about what he has done

or care about the situation
he's put himself in

and the situation
he's put others in.

NARRATOR: While Carey
Birmingham was transported

to the Harris County
homicide office to sober up,

Detective Timothy
Hayes began to unwind

the events of that morning.

TIMOTHY HAYES: Just
because someone tells us

they did something
doesn't always

mean they in fact did it.

There still has to be an
investigation that takes place.

Physical evidence
has to be recovered,

eyewitness testimony, video
surveillance footage, which

would either corroborate
or not corroborate what

Mr. Birmingham had told us.

NARRATOR: Detective Hayes
knew from experience

that a neighborhood like
this would be covered by lots

of home security devices.

TIMOTHY HAYES: I
started talking

to neighbors who may have
video surveillance footage.

While it may not
be the entire case,

it may help piece
together what led up

to a certain situation,
what happened

during the time of the crime,
and then sometimes

what happened after as well.

NARRATOR: Across the street,
a house with a camera

that recorded everything.

TIMOTHY HAYES: This is Patricia
Birmingham walking down

the sidewalk holding
her purse and

what appears to be
her cell phone,

pointing it in the opposite
direction of something

coming down the street.

Her demeanor here at least
appears to be calm.

She's just walking
pointing the camera.

NARRATOR:
Investigators knew they

needed to find her cell phone.

What it contained could
unlock this investigation.

First, detectives had
to speak to Patricia's family.

- My phone started ringing.

I answer the phone, and all
of a sudden, I hear,

"This is Detective Hayes."

He said, "Your
sister has died."

Everything is kind of blurred.

One minute I was fine, and the
next minute I was hysteric.

What happened?

Where is she?

What's going on?

And he said, "Her
husband k*lled her."

[RADIO CHATTER]

NARRATOR: It was late
afternoon by the time

a judge granted
a search warrant

for the Birmingham property.

TIMOTHY HAYES: We
entered the residence

through the side
door of the house,

and we observed
a Benelli shotgun

leaning up against the corner
of the kitchen area right

by that door.

Based on proximity
to where it was

to Patricia Birmingham's
body, it could

have been used in this case.

There appeared to be more
firearms inside of the house.

NARRATOR: Forensic
analysis would later

prove the shotgun found
by the door matched

the shells found outside.

But it was in the garage
that investigators

uncovered the most
critical piece of evidence.

TIMOTHY HAYES: On top
of some water bottles,

we had located
what appeared to be

Patricia Birmingham's
cellular device.

NARRATOR: Was this
blood-stained phone

the same one seen
in Patricia's hand?

Investigators
applied for a warrant

to access the cell phone.

Meanwhile, they
received new footage

recorded by security cameras on
another neighboring property.

- You obviously see
Patricia Birmingham

right here with her cell
phone in her left hand.

And if you keep
playing the video,

we end up seeing Mr. Birmingham
coming from the left frame

of the screen here.

It appears she's running now
away from Mr. Birmingham.

It didn't appear to be the
typical domestic relationship.

There's some kind
of disturbance happening.

It's not normal
behavior to be out

there in the middle
of the day just

wearing nothing
but your bathrobe.

NARRATOR: Three days
after Patricia's death,

Detective Hayes was finally
granted a warrant to access

Patricia's cell phone.

- The first data I
found on the phone

was the audio
recording that was

about 30 to 40 minutes long.

NARRATOR: Assistant District
Attorney Kelly Marshall

worked on the case.

- It started at 9:58 AM, and we
can hear at the beginning

of the audio recording
the defendant

is accusing her of recording.

And you hear that
she's fearful.

[KNIFE CLINKS]

- What she's doing here, where
she presses Record on her phone

to pick up the audio,
is she's trying

to document the situation.

And that could be because she's
trying to create this evidence

to show family and friends
so that they believe

and understand how
bad the situation is.

[CLACKING]

- Mrs. Birmingham says in this
recording, "Go get your g*n,"

which led me to believe that
this might not be the first

time that Mr.
Birmingham has either

threatened her with a firearm
or pointed a firearm at her.

SHELY HERNANDEZ: The last
lunch that we had,

we talked about business.

We talked about personal stuff.

She opened up about
her situation,

and she even admitted
to me that Carey

had pulled a g*n several
times before in the past.

She left me in shock
because, like,

how a successful
woman is dealing

with something like that?

- A lot of times,
you know, spouses

argue as to who's going
to take out the trash or not,

not whether or not
somebody's going

to k*ll somebody that day.

- Fat-shaming is
common in intimate

partner violence situations.

It's a type
of psychological abuse

where the perpetrator
is trying to feel

more powerful than the person
they are trying to humiliate.

It's not just her fault
that she apparently

doesn't meet his standards.

He's also blaming
her for his weight.

NARRATOR: Ultimately,
the argument

centered on Carey's
suspicion that Patricia

was having an affair.

[CAREY LAUGHING]

- It speaks to me
as to what's a normal day

and language with Mr.
Birmingham and his wife.

- This threat that
he's going to k*ll her,

she obviously doesn't
take it seriously

because she says go ahead,
and that's this downplaying

of a real threat.

And that could either be
because he's repeatedly

threatened this in the past,
or she just doesn't believe

that he's capable of that.

NARRATOR: Also on the phone
were several video recordings.

- This is moments
after the argument

that they were having
on the audio recording.

It appears that she's
trying to remove herself

from the situation
inside of the home,

and he's continuing
to follow her,

walking down the street
away from their house.

- That Christmas bag.

- She clearly feels
threatened enough

that she needs to put
distance between herself and

the defendant, because this
man had every ability

to choke her and k*ll her if he
got close enough to grab her.

TIMOTHY HAYES: We see her
filming Carey going up and

down the street,
which corresponds

with the surveillance footage
we recovered and kind of adds

a little bit more context
as to what was going on,

because not only do
we have the footage,

but also audio
as to what's being said.

[PATRICIA LAUGHING]

- You can hear Patricia
almost laughing

at the absurdity
of the situation,

that her drunk husband is
chasing her in broad daylight

in their neighborhood
in front of their neighbors,

half naked,
as the bathrobe comes open,

and she knows to put
distance between herself

and the defendant, who has
been threatening to k*ll

her for the last 30 minutes.

- Generally, when people
know they're being observed,

they change their behavior.

And so in this case,
he might be thinking,

well, I'm not going
to be quite as ridiculous

or I'm not going to be quite
as aggressive in this situation

if she's filming me.

But if she is banking
on that, that is

clearly not what's happening.

And if anything, he seems
to be annoyed by the fact

that she's filming him,
and he certainly isn't taking

it as any kind of real threat.

NARRATOR: The next disturbing
video captured the last moments

of Patricia's life.

- When I first saw the video
of Carey Birmingham

pointing a shotgun at Patricia
Birmingham, it took me aback.

He's clearly intoxicated
to a huge degree,

pointing a shotgun at his
wife, and she's filming him.

Some people may think that,
well, why are you filming?

You should run away.

But the thing is, he's
holding a weapon that's

capable of ending
her life immediately,

and at that point,
the best defense

she had was her cell phone.

- Mr. Birmingham's-- now
he's looked in one direction

because she has
mentioned the neighbors

could witness this act.

He looks that way,
showing that he's

fully aware of the situation
and what's going on outside.

And then, furthermore,
he checks his firearm

to see whether or not
the action is on safety

or not, to manipulate
the firearm

to make sure it's in a position
to where it can be fired.

[g*n CLICKS]

- He shoots her
once in the head.

The second two shots that
are heard on that video,

he actually turns the g*n
and immediately in seconds,

takes out the front tire and
the back tire of her vehicle.

So she's shot one
time in the head,

meaning that she had to have
a closed casket funeral.

Her eye was gone.

Her face was blown off.

And the defendant, in the same
second that he blew off

his wife's head, even
incredibly intoxicated,

made perfect aim
and took out the front

and back tire of her vehicle.

- Carey Birmingham had
the intent to m*rder his wife,

and he did it.

[HEAVY BREATHING]

- It sounds like he
lays down next to her,

and then you can
hear heavy breathing.

And then he moves the phone
into the garage area.

[CAREY GROANS]

- It's incredible that
this footage exists,

and that was what was
so unique about this case.

You got to see
behind closed doors.

You got to hear the audio.

You got to hear him planning
over 30 minutes that he

was going to k*ll his wife.

JULIA SHAW: He's clearly
accepted in his mind

some sort of challenge,
and he decides

that he is going to prove
himself by sh**ting her.

Certainly he knows
how to use a g*n,

and you can see that here
as well as he very much,

even in his incredibly
drunk state,

is able to use and fire
and hit his target

exactly where he wants.

NARRATOR: Carey Birmingham was
charged with Patricia's m*rder.

He chose not to explain his
actions to investigators.

- Patricia was very smart.

She was.

She recorded the last


where that we can objectively
look at everything

that happened leading
up to the moment where

Carey Birmingham m*rder*d her.

To be clear, there
was no evidence

presented at trial that
Patricia Birmingham

had an affair.

All that we had is
that the defendant

was accusing
Patricia Birmingham

of cheating, of being
involved in an affair.

There was no evidence of that.

NARRATOR: Carey
Birmingham's case

went to trial in March 2024.

Unusually, the jury was
comprised completely of women.

- I came to trial
wanting to forgive him.

I didn't believe he was
capable of k*lling her.

He was controlling.

He was conniving.

He was narcissistic.

He was a functional alcoholic.

I never thought he could
lose that type of control

and do that type of violence.

You know, looking
at the shotgun

to make sure that the safety
was off, positioning it,

pointing it at her, and then
ultimately, you know,

wishing her goodbyes
and telling her to go

meet Jesus, that was chilling.

It was never anything I
could have ever imagined.

NARRATOR: Carey Birmingham
pleaded not guilty.

He claimed the k*lling
happened in the heat

of the moment, a defense
known as sudden passion.

- Sudden passion is
not license for m*rder.

It's absolutely not.

It's not sudden revenge.

It's not something
that you can plan

for up to 24 hours or up to 30
minutes before the crime.

NARRATOR: Despite the weight
of video evidence presented,

the jury accepted
the sudden passion defense.

- I thought I misunderstood
when the verdict came back

that they agreed that
it was sudden passion

and that they're
going to sentence

him barely over the minimum.

And they said they're going
to give him 10 years in prison

with the possibility
of parole in 5 years.

- In terms of the surveillance
video footage,

the video recordings from the
cellular phone, and the audio

recordings from
the cellular phone for them

to reach that type of decision
and then to sentence

him to only 10 years.

- Is that what Texas is about?

Letting people walk
for unrepentant m*rder?

It's crushing.

It's defeating.

It's something that makes you
question why you do this job.

- She was a beautiful
woman inside and out.

Knowing, you know,
there's not going

to be any future
memories, just that, you

know, I had the privilege
of knowing her entire life.

[CHATTER]

- What are you looking at?

- Just knowing that
her life was shortened

because of someone else's
selfishness and she's not here

to experience Olivia graduating
and going to college,

getting married herself
and having children--

there's so many losses,
so many things that,

you know, she'll never have
the opportunity to experience.

So that's sad.

NARRATOR: Carey Birmingham's
violent escalation

was documented
by his partner, but

the evidence wasn't
uncovered until it

was too late for Patricia.

But digital devices can be
a vital tool for victims.

- Technology now
allows people who

feel threatened
in relationships

to gather evidence in a way
that was never possible before.

It can allow them to track
perpetrators movements

in a way that protects them.

Victims can use it to document
evidence of hostility

or aggression or abuse.

NARRATOR: But the same tech
that can keep you safer

can also be exploited.

- Perpetrators
often use technology

to monitor, threaten,
intimidate, and

control their victims
and to keep their victims

dangerously close.

NARRATOR: In the UK,
in Northamptonshire, Kettering,

a market town with
a large Polish community,

it was home to 31-year-old
Marta Chmielecka.

- Marta was kind-hearted.

She was friendly and very
kind and is always smiling.

She loved going
out with friends.

She was very gregarious.

She wanted to have fun.

NARRATOR: Marta grew up in
the Polish city of Bydgoszcz.

ALISON BAGLEY: Marta's
father was a musician,

and Marta took after him.

And she was a great singer.

And she would sing at weddings,
and she would do karaoke,

and she'd even
enter competitions.

NARRATOR: In 2016, in Poland,
Marta married Pawel Chmielecki.

ALISON BAGLEY: He loved cars.

He liked travel.

He liked drinking
with his friends.

He seemed to like boxing.

He would go to boxing matches.

And he liked Marta, but he
liked showing off Marta.

NARRATOR: In 2017, Marta
and Pawel moved to the UK,

close to Marta's brother
and his family in Kettering.

ALISON BAGLEY:
Marta was described

as a fantastic Auntie.

She was really
close to her nieces.

Family was very, very
important to Marta.

They would do
everything together,

go on holiday together.

NARRATOR: But over time,
Marta and Pawel's relationship

broke down.

ALISON BAGLEY: He was very
jealous of other people

being with Marta.

If she wasn't there, he
would phone her all the time.

He would constantly call her.

His controlling behavior
poisoned their relationship.

NARRATOR: Stephanie Collins
is a forensic psychologist.

- She was very much
the trophy wife.

He liked what she looked like.

He was proud of being with her.

But he overstepped the mark
in terms of control.

She became something
that belonged to him.

NARRATOR: Pawel's controlling
behavior turned physical.

PETE LONG: There'd
been a number

of reports of domestic violence
between Pawel and Marta.

These were reported both
by Marta and by third parties.

But the cases
were discontinued.

NARRATOR: And things escalated.

ALISON BAGLEY: He punched her.

He punched her in the face.

He bruised her.

He broke her lip.

And that was
in public, you know.

Someone behaving
like that in public--

that is a massive concern.

STEPHANIE COLLINS:
Often, domestic violence

is quite a private affair.

It is generally done
behind closed doors.

But it feels in this case
that Pawel just doesn't care.

He doesn't care what
other people think

of him, and in that
respect alone,

makes him a dangerous
individual.

NARRATOR: In 2020,
Marta decided

to end the relationship.

She moved out of the home
that they shared together.

ALISON BAGLEY: It takes
a lot to leave your partner,

especially when you're
in a different country

that you've set out to make
a new life together.

Marta really was very
brave in acknowledging

that this relationship
was toxic.

NARRATOR: Marta
moved in with friends

and started
to build a new life.

ALISON BAGLEY:
Marta was beginning

to come out of her shell.

She was smiling again.

She was happy again.

NARRATOR: But Pawel refused to
accept that Marta had moved on.

He continued to text her,
to monitor where she was

and who she was with.

October 2021, Marta's mother
was visiting her from Poland,

and Marta was planning a trip
home to see her father.

Thursday, October


went to work as normal
at a logistics warehouse

in the town of Corby.

- She was working 4
on 4 off day shifts.

NARRATOR: And on Friday,
October 15th,

Marta spent the evening with
friends in Woodlands Court

on Wood Street in Kettering.

But after Marta left her
friends at 10:40 PM that night,

she went missing.

PETE LONG: Marta
left Woodlands Court,

and she was not seen
again by her friends

from that point onwards.

Over the subsequent
days, attempts

were made by her family
to contact her by telephone.

And other than one text
message received back

from Marta's phone that
the family suggested

was not in the usual language
that Marta would use,

no contact was made
with Marta at all.

NARRATOR: On Tuesday,
October 19th, Marta

unexpectedly missed her shift.

- Marta not turning
up for work set off

alarm bells for her
family and for her friends

and for her work colleagues.

Where is Marta?

NARRATOR: Marta's sister-in-law
went looking for her.

She visited Pawel's
place on Wood Street

and knocked on his door.

There was no reply.

She called the police
and reported Marta missing.

Pete Long was the senior
investigating officer.

PETE LONG: In cases of missing
persons, every hour is crucial.

In this instance, where Marta
hadn't replied to her family's

attempts to contact
her for four days, then

clearly there is a significant
danger that she's been harmed.

NARRATOR: Police
searched for surveillance

cameras in the area where
Marta was last seen.

The residential street
had many door cams and

high-tech rotating cameras.

PETE LONG: They'd spend so long
looking in one direction,

move further around, look in
another direction, and so on.

Although the quality
is extremely high,

unless the control room are
aware of an ongoing incident,

there's always a risk
that you will only

pick up parts or even none
at all of the incident

that you're interested in.

NARRATOR: The first time Marta
was captured on camera was

on Friday night at 10:45 PM.

- We see Marta, having
left the social events

in Woodlands Court,
walking along Wood Street.

She appears to be
walking very, very well.

There's no signs of her
being intoxicated.

So for a woman to be walking
alone in Kettering at this time

of the evening is not unusual.

Marta appears
to be walking home.

No issues, no problems.

NARRATOR: As Marta made
her way along Wood Street,

a separate camera captured
a man leaving his home.

PETE LONG: We see
a male further

up Wood Street walking in the
direction of Woodlands Court.

NARRATOR: When the man reached
Marta, he tried to grab her.

PETE LONG: You can see
from her body language

that she pulls away.

This clip is very concerning.

It clearly shows that
Marta intends to get away.

She doesn't want
anything to do with him

and clearly walking
off down Wood Street.

NARRATOR: But he
caught up with Marta.

PETE LONG: The male
grabs hold of Marta

and appears to pull
her between the cars.

Her body language is
saying I need to get away,

and she's pulling
away from him.

NARRATOR: The rotating
camera panned

away at a crucial moment.


camera covered the scene again.

PETE LONG: When
the camera pans back,

we can see the male
leaning over Marta.

Clearly something's happened.

NARRATOR: The camera's
view was obstructed,

but police suspected that
Marta was on the ground.

As they continued
on Wood Street,

the man was seen dragging
Marta along with him.

- This is Ring doorbell
footage that shows

Marta and him walking along.

Marta is clearly distressed.

She collapses to the floor.

She's coughing.

He's leaning over
her, seemingly

unbothered by what's
happening to Marta as he

casually checks his phone.

She's lying on the floor
clearly in a lot of discomfort.

- It would seem that some
form of violence or as*ault

has been enacted on her.

It's hard to know
from the footage

whether it was intentional
that she collapsed by a device

that she knew was
being recorded,

as her overriding emotion
would be that of total fear.

She would have known,
especially from having possibly

just been punched
or kicked, that it

wasn't going to stop there.

PETE LONG: The fact that
he says not far now--

PETE LONG: --suggests that
he's got a plan of where

he's going to take her.

We see Marta going
for a mobile phone.

Is she trying to raise help?

Or is it that she's
just stalling for time?

NARRATOR: The rotating camera
captured what happened next.

PETE LONG: Clearly, she
suffered some kind of injury.

She's unsteady
on her feet, which

is totally different to how she
was prior to meeting the man,

and Marta's being frogmarched
by the man in a bear

hug kind of movement.

She's clearly unable to control
where she's going herself,

and he's dictating
where they're going to.

The tragedy here is that
she really needs help,

and there's nobody
here to help her.

- The footage is quite
disturbing, really,

seeing a young woman being
dragged along by her arms

obviously in some
sort of discomfort.

Something horrendous
has happened.

And when you see that, you're
completely powerless to help.

It's really very,
very upsetting.

PETE LONG: The final
part of this journey

shows Marta still unsteady
on her feet, clearly restrained

whilst being pulled
along the street,

and this is the last
sighting we have of Martha.

NARRATOR: This last
glimpse of Marta on camera

was very close to Pawel
Chmielecki's residence.

The next day, the cameras
on Wood Street

captured Pawel
leaving his home.

PETE LONG:
On Saturday, the CCTV

showed that Pawel
left his house

for a short period of time
and Martha was not seen.

He appeared fine and we
weren't able to establish

where exactly he went to.

A short time later, Pawel's
seen return along Wood Street.

NARRATOR: The following
day, on Sunday,

footage recovered
from a local store

showed Pawel wearing
clean shoes and clothes.

PETE LONG: It's two days
after Marta went missing.

And to the casual observer,
it's quite a remarkable.

He's in the local shop
buying beer and whiskey.

This is the last time
Pawel is caught on CCTV.

NARRATOR: Police decided it was
time to talk to Pawel to see

if he knew where Marta was.

NARRATOR: The neighbor
showed them the stairs

that led to Pawel's apartment.

- The police attending had no
idea whether Marta was in there

or not.

- Police presence alone
may cause an offender

to cause injury to any person.

The fact that Pawel
wasn't replying

to their request to open the
door heightened those worries.

- The officer's attending had
to make a very quick decision.

PETE LONG: If Marta
hadn't been injured--

PETE LONG: --time
was of the essence.

- Upon entry, they find Pawel
with a knife in his neck

and a number
of injuries to his neck,

and Marta is
deceased on the bed.

- Marta was found partially
undressed, and she was wrapped

in a blood-soaked duvet.

- It was obvious that Marta
had been dead for some time.

NARRATOR: Marta's family
were notified of her death.

Pawel was taken to hospital.

When the police
checked Pawel's phone,

they discovered
a series of photographs.

PETE LONG: Pawel
had been taking

photographs on his
phone of messages

contained on Marta's phone.

He was convinced that
she was in a relationship

with other people and was
driven by jealousy.

It's suspected that a number
of these photographs

were taken after he'd k*lled
Marta due to blood that

was found on Marta's screen.

NARRATOR: The autopsy
report revealed

that Marta had died from
multiple stab wounds

to the neck.

- She'd suffered 32 incised
stab wounds, seven of which

were to her neck.

This says to me that it was a
prolonged and frenzied attack.

One can only imagine the horror
that Marta would have gone

through whilst she was
a victim of that as*ault.

STEPHANIE COLLINS: 32 stab
wounds is by any means

excessive in intimate
partner m*rder.

There's a sense that Pawel was
trying to almost depersonalize

Marta by creating
and inflicting

so much damage
to her that she would

be unrecognizable so that
he had the ultimate control

both in life and death.

NARRATOR: When he was
taken to hospital,

Pawel's injuries were found
to be non-life threatening

and self-inflicted.

Police went to the hospital
to arrest him.

NARRATOR: Pawel later
admitted he stabbed Marta

to death in his room
after confronting

her about dating other people.

He had kept Marta's body
in his room for four days

before she was
discovered by the police.

STEPHANIE COLLINS:
This is clearly

a m*rder that has been driven
by very, very strong emotions

from Pawel.

The fact that he kept
her body for four days

suggests to me that that sense
of you still belong to me,

regardless of whether
you're alive or dead,

and nobody can take
you away from me.

ALISON BAGLEY: In court, he
was just sat there in the dock.

I would say he was impassive.

He didn't show any emotion
whatsoever, nothing at all.

NARRATOR: Pawel Chmielecki was
sentenced to life in prison

with a minimum
term of 18 years.

- Marta was a young lady
with a love for life.

It was just a pointless waste.

In cases like this,
you do despair

that a life has been taken
that had so much to offer.

ALISON BAGLEY: After
Marta's m*rder,

it galvanized the community
to come together.

And there was a march
to mark her death.

- Marta, age 31, was
m*rder*d inside a home.

These acts are not OK.

We have to take a stand.

We are here to ensure that
this doesn't happen again.

- And people shared
their stories,

and people were given
practical advice

about how people could get out
of these toxic, horrendous,

awful relationships
and how they could support

each other to do that
and how to recognize

the signs of violence.

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